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Artist's statement

Weiqi Sun

 

In my practice, I explore the morphological changes that occur in the surface of water in an anti-entropic environment. Two common phenomena of water movement are linked in my work: ripples and splashes. The relationship between inverse entropy generation and the reversal of time is considered through the apparent way in which water ripples and splashes move in reverse.

In the second law of thermodynamics, the probability of a reverse entropy phenomenon occurring is an almost impossible event. By combining animation with 3D rendering techniques, I blur the line between virtual and real life, simulating phenomena that can be observed in real life scenarios but do not occur. Due to the transient nature of the inverse entropy of water, I set up a pattern of movement in the animation where the phenomenon of splashes and ripples in reverse motion repeatedly appear and disappear, with the particular changes in the water deepening in the viewer's memory and immersing them in the liminal space between the real and the unreal.

In my animation series, I experimented for the first time with triptych compositions, using animation to show the process from turbidity to clarity of polluted water in a state of inverse entropy. Creation and extinction, continuation and repetition are the characteristics of the movement of inanimate objects conveyed in my work. This led me to further explore the relationship between entropy increase and inverse entropy in the next phase.

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